Service tray for soda fountains and the like



Dec, 10, .1929. J. M. MCGINLEY 1,73

SERVICE TRAY FOR SODA FOUNTAINS AND THE LIKE Original Filed June 26.1923

SS lllllFll Patented Dec. 10, 1929 JAMES M. MOGINLEY, or FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, F TWENTY-SEVEN ANDONE-HALF ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO 'W. I1.

MCGINLEY, or sAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, CENT TO TRAY SERVICE COMPANY, OF

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SERVICE TRAY FOR SODA FOUNTAINS AND THE LIKE Application filed June 26, 1922, Serial My invention relates to service devices and more particularly to trays for soda fountains and ice cream dispensers and the like; and the object is to provide a convenient device for taking care of drinking glasses, dishes, spoons, and other service devices Where soft drinks, ice cream, and similar refreshments are served to people who are sitting in automobiles and the like and to provide devices which are adaptable and adjustable to any ordinary vehicle, and to provide devices which will not mar the appearance of the vehicles on which the devices are supported. Another advantage is that the service devices can be folded into compact form and a number of them stacked together in small space. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the service device. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of supporting tray member, taken at right angles to the device as shown in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The improved device has a tray or receptacle member 1 which is an open top box-like structure and large enough to containa dozen of ordinary drinking glasses or other objects. The tray is provided with rubber tipped supporting legs 2 and 12 for resting on a counter or table without mutilating the counter or table. A supporting member 3 is hingedly connected to one side of the tray and this member is provided with a channel which is partly closed .by plates 5, 6, and 7 v The plates 5, 6, and 7 are attached to the member 3 but it is apparent that they may be made integral therewith. A second supporting member 4 operates in the channel in the member 3. The member 4 has a rack 8 formed thereon and a spring dog is pivotally connected to the plate 7 on member 3 by projecting lugs or ears 9 which may be integral with plate 7 N0'.647,833.' Renewed April 25,1929.v

The dog 10 is adapted to engage the rack 8 to hold the supporting member 3 at any required adjustment. The plates 5, 6, and 7 prevent the removal of the member laterally and the dog 10 and rack 8 hold the member 3 at different adjustments. The tray 1 isadapted to rest on top'of the-side or door of an automobile or other vehicle and the member 4 is adapted to rest on the running board ofthe vehicle while the tray 1 rests on the top of the side or. door. The tray 1 is provided with a felt member 14 to prevent mutiliating the appearance of the automobile, and the top of the side or door of the vehicle will engage the tray 1 between the legs'12 and a transverse rib 13 so that the tray l'will not slip ofiithe topror door. V

The improved tray provides means for taking care of drinking glasses, dishes, and spoons and other devices so that the parties who are being served may stack the'gla'sses and other devices in the tray as soon as they have finished the refreshments. There may be any required number of the trays and one employee may take care of several such trays.

When not in use the trays and supporting members 3 and 4 can be folded into compact form and the devices can be stacked together somewhat as other service devices.

The tray 1 is well fitted for supporting suitable glasses or dishes upon a flat surface, such as a counter or table, in which case the legs 2 and 12 bear the receptacle conveniently. In this case, the leg member 4 may well be removed from the sleeve, though the leg 3 as a whole may overhang the edge of the table or counter.

Various changes in the sizes, construction, arrangement, and form of the devices may be made without departing from my invention. If preferred a removable tray 15 may be used and placed in the receptacle 1 for containing the service devices.

What I claim, is a 1. A service tray for application to the upper edge of avehicle body comprising a tray having supporting feet on its under side, a transverse rib arranged across theunder side of the tray in spaced relation to the feet at the inner side thereof for receiving the upper vSEVENT'Y-TW'O AND ONE-HALF 'PEIB DALLAS, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS edge of the vehicle body between the rib and the inner feet and hold the tray from sliding in the vehicle body, an elongated sleeve hinged to the outer portion of the tray, a slidable leg extending entirely through the sleeve and having a finger-piece on its upper end for moving the leg through the sleeve and thereby engaging the lower end of the leg with the running-board of the vehicle, 1 and a manually operable latch carried by the sleeve for interlocking engagement with the leg when adjusted and releasable from the exterior of the sleeve near the upper end thereof.- y 2. A service tray for application to the upper edge of a vehicle body comprising a tray body, a protecting pad secured against the under surface of thetray body and near one side thereof to rest upon theupper edge of the vehicle body spaced apart depending feet carried by the tray body and at opposite sides of the pad to hold the tray from sliding movement across the said upper edge, an elongated sleeve hinged to the outer portion of the tray body, a slidable leg extending entirely through the sleeve and having a fingerpiece on its upper end for manual engagement in adjusting the position of the leg in the sleeve thereby to engage the lower end of the'leg with therunning board of the vehicle, and a latch on the sleeve for interlocking engagement with the leg for holding the same in adjusted position and support the tray body in substantially horizontal position.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand this 18th day of June, 1923.

JAMES M. MGGINLEY. 

